Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

What the three of them couldn't have imagined was that when they got into the empty classroom to discuss, the Professor Haimer they were talking about had rushed to the principal's office with a large package in his hand. It should be a broom.

Toby waved his broom excitedly and shouted: "Principal, I found a clue to Blake - look, this broom is sent by him, I'm sure there will be no mistakes this time. It's really interesting to say, just A few days ago, I heard Witch say—oh, Witch is the goblin in Egypt, he saw a cat that could withdraw money in Gringotts, I almost took it for Dean McGonagall— But it's an orange cat, and the color doesn't match—see where I'm at, by the way, guess what?"

Dumbledore was writing something at his desk without looking up, he pulled out a piece of parchment and handed it to Fawkes, who made a flame and disappeared with the paper.

The headmaster's ignorance didn't dampen Toby's enthusiasm at all. With a look of gloating on his face, he continued to babble: "The Quibbler! That's the report that Harry won the lottery before school started! I dare say that Blake must have seen it with his own eyes. Went to that article and saw me standing with Harry - he was jealous, jealous as hell, that's why he took the risk to get money from the vault - look at this beautiful broom."

Toby opened the package that had been opened and inspected long ago, looked him up and down and said, "Firebolt, Blake is really rich—he must not know who owns this broom now, and I've already figured out how to give it to you." He wrote back - I wish I could have seen the look on his face - and you said that if he knew Harry trusted me so much, he would let me check the presents before receiving them, even the one Black gave Harry Gifts—tsk tsk."

Dumbledore finally raised his head. Seeing that Toby's expression was getting worse and worse, his eyes looked a little surprised, and he silently took out the earplugs that were stuffed into his ears.

"Don't tell me you really came here to strike first."

"So you didn't hear anything." Toby said helplessly, "What's the first move?"

Dumbledore picked up a piece of parchment at hand, pointed to the big word "Act" on it, and said: "The ministry has recently considered adding a new education act to Hogwarts, so that the school can become more disciplined— The rules in their eyes."

Toby frowned and took the letter and read it carefully. It said that this news would not be published in the newspaper for a short time. Whether it should be implemented would still need to be strictly discussed. There were also people in the ministry who supported Dumbledore. If Grindelwald is really back, so who else can stop him?

Dumbledore can't be locked up in advance, maybe this just took advantage of Grindelwald's intentions - as a bystander, he watched the magic world go into chaos first.

On the other hand, regarding Ariana—many people’s thoughts are very clear—since Dumbledore himself only said that he was suspected, then just push everything to Grindelwald. It is a solution after all.

In addition, the Ministry of Magic has recently come under strong international pressure—unlike Voldemort, Grindelwald has acted recklessly in many European countries for many years, and many people are afraid of him.Although it is not yet seen that he has the idea of ​​fleeing, the voice of Grindelwald's death penalty has gradually sounded.

This group of people also strongly demanded to see Dumbledore with their own eyes—although the Ministry of Magic has not opened the second trial for a long time, and has not sent Peter Pettigrew to the International Court of Justice, but their guards on Hogwarts have become tighter.

Complying with the request of the residents of Hogsmeade Village, the Ministry allowed more elite Aurors to settle in the village while withdrawing most of the Dementors.

It is said that the Ministry has also summoned some retired Aurors for this purpose, including those who have transferred to other positions. There is no doubt that Fudge is gathering help to help him deal with Dumbledore.

This is really ironic.

It is estimated that Fudge also knows that dementors alone cannot scare a great magician like Dumbledore, but the action he took to summon the Aurors is in line with Dumbledore's previous advice - beware of dementors Strange.

Fudge didn't appear to be wary of dementors, but he did increase the ministry's combat manpower and keep the dementors away from the wizards, which was a disguised fulfillment of Dumbledore's request.

But Fudge did this entirely to deal with Dumbledore's threat and had nothing to do with dementors.

"I don't like this bill." Toby put down the letter and said sullenly: "I don't like it at all. The Ministry of Magic has no right to ask us to do anything. If I say it, Hogwarts should also set up a special Department, used to manage wizards - Hogwarts has a much longer history than the Ministry of Magic."

Dumbledore responded calmly: "If it's just about the name of the Ministry of Magic—you're right, Toby, Hogwarts has a longer history than the Ministry of Magic."

Hogwarts was founded around 990 AD, and the predecessor of the Ministry of Magic was the Wizards' Council. It was not officially renamed the Ministry of Magic until 1707.

"What are you going to do?" Toby asked, staring at Dumbledore, as if he would rush out of the office the next second and announce the birth of the Hogwarts Department everywhere!

But Dumbledore's reaction was easier than Toby imagined, he smiled and said: "We don't need to do anything, things haven't gotten so bad yet - this is also thanks to our old friend Fudge, he didn't I have seen Grindelwald with my own eyes, but I have already underestimated him, thinking that Voldemort is the most capable dark wizard—this is not surprising, Grindelwald has not developed power in the UK, and many people know him well. It's not clear enough."

Toby asked again: "So this bill will never pass?"

"If Grindelwald is involved—" Dumbledore nodded and said: "It is indeed difficult to pass. While underestimating Grindelwald, Fudge also underestimated the fear of Grindelwald in the European magic community—that's all International pressure can keep him busy, and I dare say he must be having a hard time now."

"What a shame." Toby said regretfully.

It's a pity that the Hogwarts Ministry can't be established.

"Then we can't let this matter become a pity." Toby raised the Firebolt and said: "It's time to go find Black, principal. He should have been in contact with Grindelwald, and maybe he can know more from him. News related to Grindelwald."

"So you were talking about Sirius just now." Dumbledore said clearly: "He has never been in contact with Grindelwald and always communicates through Regulus."

"Oh?" Toby blinked: "How do you know?"

"Because I have found Sirius." Dumbledore continued to explain: "Yes, I know this is difficult. But in fact, it was Sirius who took the initiative to find me and sent me a package through a pet cat of a student. A letter—there’s a lot written in it that I think you might be interested in.”

Toby was confused and saw a piece of letter paper floating out of the drawer. This paper seemed to be torn from a magazine dug out from the trash. On the back was an incomplete recipe. I wrote a few words.

Not much content.

Sirius was very grateful to Dumbledore for helping him clear up his grievances, and he didn't mention Toby who was also in the court room at the time. Obviously, he didn't think Toby would kindly help him.

The following content is probably that he thinks Dumbledore's statement is correct. During the days when he left with Regulus, he could directly feel that Regulus had been dealing with evil things—— They included a coffin and a person who didn't look human, wearing an ugly hat and a scary mask.

"That's my collection!" Toby yelled angrily: "The coffin is also mine, and sooner or later I will take it back—"

"Keep looking down." Dumbledore reminded.

Toby sank his heart and looked at the content behind, and soon, a title caught his attention-Professor of Ancient Magic, this is what Regulus and others called Grindelwald.

They called him the Professor of Ancient Magic.

This happened to be Toby's position today.

This seems to be why Sirius told Toby over the car radio earlier that his death was imminent.

It turned out that Toby had been targeted by Grindelwald long before that.

"It seems Grindelwald wants to be your subordinate, Headmaster."

Toby threw the letter on the table in disgust, as if he had offended something unclean.

Dumbledore silently put away the letter, giving Toby more time to digest the news.

"It turns out that this is the feeling of being stared at all day long."

Toby obviously thought about the fact that he would become the principal at any time, and today he finally felt the same way.

"No wonder Grindelwald wants to study magic balls...ancient magic professor...let me think..."

Toby thought about it for half an hour, and Dumbledore had already started to deal with other letters, looking very busy.

"Is there any lemonade?" Toby asked suddenly after a long silence.

Dumbledore waved his wand and conjured a glass of refreshing lemonade, and Toby took several sips.

"Understood?" Dumbledore lowered his head to read a new letter, and asked without raising his head, "How? During the time you left Hogwarts, even before this, did you Have you noticed that you've been followed?"

Now that Grindelwald has his sights on Toby, how exactly he begins to do so is key.

"No." Toby shook his head and said: "I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't find anyone following me - the key is that many ancient ruins are not suitable for tracking at all. Who would risk going to the volcano crater? Or under the deep sea, It’s not so easy to hide, but it’s still possible to succeed every time.”

"That's the problem." Dumbledore emphasized, "The Grindelwald I know is a prophet, a very powerful prophet."

"Like Trelawney?" Toby interrupted.

"To a certain extent, yes." Dumbledore's answer was somewhat beyond Toby's expectations.

Dumbledore continued: "Is it possible that Grindelwald had foreseen something before you were born? I know this is outrageous, but prophecies are like this, and everything sounds impossible. "

Toby thought about it for a while, and suddenly he widened his eyes and said, "Regulus! Do you remember, Principal, when I was still in school, I almost made an irreparable mistake one holiday."

"The memory is still fresh." Dumbledore said blankly. "Many people were frightened by this, Petunia, the Longbottoms, and Lily."

"You don't have to name these people at all."

Toby quickly changed the subject and said: "I once asked Malfoy who tipped him off, and it turned out that person was Regulus - before the plan was implemented, I was at Regulus's place. After inquiring about a lot of information, I didn’t expect that he would have the courage to tell Malfoy. Thinking about it now, it is almost impossible. Maybe Regulus came into contact with Grindelwald earlier than we thought. I did this on Dewal’s instruction—wait a minute, so doesn’t it mean that Grindelwald saved my soul?”

Toby's expression became weird.

what is this?

The favor of two generations of Dark Lords?

Perhaps he should be given a name similar to Harry, the boy both demon kings want.

Sounds really bad.

Toby quickly rejected this idea: "It's not about saving, it's better to treat me as a spy...otherwise how could he easily know what the magic ball is made of."

Toby is still worried about this. He has studied the magic ball for so long but has gained nothing. Unexpectedly, Grindelwald has studied it thoroughly all at once.

Toby never thought that there would be a day when the magic ball would be repaired by Grindelwald.

Yes, that's right, the magic ball has finally been fixed.

Repaired by Grindelwald with the brain of the Department of Mysteries.

"You seem to be hiding something from me." Dumbledore said sharply, "I've wanted to ask you for a long time, why did you say that to Scrimgeour before the Ministry of Magic's trial?"

"Gamp wine?" Toby said pretending to be stupid.

"No." Dumbledore said, "It's a choice. You have made a decision for yourself, and - I don't mean to tease you, but you were very deep that day."

"Is there?" Toby continued to play dumb.

"Yes." Dumbledore nodded affirmatively and stared at Toby with a more penetrating gaze.

Well, even with Occlumency, the Headmaster can always read his troublesome students' faces.

Toby couldn't hide anything from Dumbledore, so he simply told about the magic ball, and brought up Kingsley's identity doubts by the way.

"He has a problem, Headmaster." Toby said as if taking credit: "It can't be such a coincidence. It was him when we went to Azkaban, and it was him who we met in the Department of Mysteries."

Dumbledore frowned, and he was silent for a long time.

After a full ten minutes, Dumbledore suddenly asked: "How are you doing with your research on the two things Voldemort left behind?"

Toby, who was worried about being robbed of the magic ball, was stunned for a moment. He said casually: "It's very rare. There is a key missing. I can feel that as long as we find this key, we may be able to crack the diary and the crown." 's secret."

"Then continue to study." Dumbledore said decisively: "Don't provoke Grindelwald, just pretend that such a thing never happened. If my guess is correct, this is his old way of recruiting his subordinates , is very simple, but extremely effective, and can make you think that he is the person who understands you best."

"Then... what about Regulus?" Toby asked dryly, acting as if Dumbledore had spoken his mind and deliberately changed the subject: "What should he do? What should we do? Don’t you need to find him? Regulus is an important clue. As long as we find him, we might be able to find out when exactly Grindelwald started being called——”

"Professor of Ancient Magic." Dumbledore looked at Toby, and he said with a pun, "Don't worry, I certainly won't leave him alone."

"Otherwise, why do you think Sirius hasn't come to thank you yet?"

"He should thank me." Toby snorted and said, "Maybe I should get Harry to call me godfather before he does. It doesn't work either."

Dumbledore looked at his students with a smile, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.